Collaborative Family Engagement Approach
This approach seeks to work with staff and parents at local schools to develop effective, campus-specific strategies for family engagement. The first phase of this program involves training for both school staff and families. The school staff training discusses concepts, such as, family engagement core beliefs and the elements of high impact family engagement strategies. The training with families includes discussion of topics, such as, identifying school assets and ways families can support their child's academic success. The second phase consists of our community organizers working with a core group of school staff and families. Based on information learned during the trainings, this core group works together to develop and implement campus-specific strategies that will be effective in engaging families in meaningful ways. Grassroots coordinates with local schools and districts to implement this program.